Dr. Yael Mandelik

My Lab

I am an ecologist and conservation biologist working on the interaction between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and land-use change. Much of the work in my lab focuses on insect pollinators and pollination, as a central ecosystem service, and explores questions related to plant-pollinator interactions, pollination services to crops and wild plants, anthropogenic-induced changes in pollinator communities and tools to quantify these changes. We seek ways to restore communities of these beneficial insects in agricultural landscape and contribute to sustainable agriculture production and biodiversity conservation.